The Huntington’s Rose Garden includes important parent roses, roses from prominent hybridizers, and rose cultivars from around the world that grow exceedingly well in Southern California. The garden has been redesigned many times over the years with major plantings in 1922, 1945, 1973, 1982 and 1988. First bloom starts about April 15th and continues until…
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Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Roses Part II
The Huntington Rose Garden is a rose lover’s delight. Beds upon beds filled with shrub roses, climbing and rambling roses, Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Polyanthas, miniatures, and David Austin roses. More roses to come in the next installment for your viewing pleasure. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell…
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Roses
The Huntington’s three and half acre rose garden was first planted in 1908 by William Hertich. In the 1970’s, it was reorganized as a collection garden with more than 4,000 individual plants arranged historically to trace the development of roses from ancient to modern times. We have just started the tour of the Huntington Rose Garden seen…
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Chinese Garden
Liu Fang Yuan, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is the largest Chinese garden outside of China. The creation of the garden began in 2000 and it was open to the public in February 2008. A truly cross-cultural effort between renowned Chinese architects from Suzhou, a city highly regarded for its ancient gardens, and California builders…
Photography Monday: The Huntington’s Japanese Garden
For our Mother’s Day celebration, our mothers decided they wanted to visit The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. It is a gem tucked away in the pastoral landscape of San Marino, California. A destination site filled with many things to see and do and not enough time to accomplish it all in one…
Photography Monday: Random Washington, D.C.
I wanted to share those one of a kind photos that are special, but don’t belong in any specific category as previously posted. Washington, D.C., is a dynamic, vibrant city filled with history and our heritage. I often make the comment that you can visit DC every year for a week for the next ten years…
Photography Monday: Doors of Frederick
Located less than an hour from Washington, D.C., Frederick, Maryland is a charming historic town. Founded in 1745 by German settlers, Frederick is a city rich in heritage, opportunity, and innovation. Located between the Civil War battlegrounds of Monocacy, Antietam, and Gettysburg, Frederick was ransomed from burning during the war and became a hospital town…
Photography Monday: Christ Church
Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, was built more than 235 years ago to be a parish church to meet the spiritual needs of its parishioners and the community. It still continues that tradition today along with preserving its incredible history. Some of its most famous parishioners include George Washington and Robert E. Lee, who attended…
Photography Monday: Doors of Alexandria
Alexandria, Virginia, founded in 1749, has a fascinating history and many of its historic buildings are still preserved today. We strolled through part of historic Alexandria and I was enchanted by the doors of the historic homes. Each entrance was its own vignette filled with charm, formality and sometimes a touch of whimsy. Next week,…
Photography Monday: Washington, D.C. at Night
The monuments and memorials are transformed in the evening to glowing, dramatic architectural masterpieces. We could have traversed the city on our own in the evening, but decided to take a photo safari tour with Washington Photo Safari hosted by David Luria. We highly recommend this tour company and have taken both day and night…